First Seacoast Bancorp (FSEA) Competitors

First Seacoast Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSEA) and Primis Financial (NASDAQ:FRST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

Which has more risk & volatility, FSEA or FRST?

First Seacoast Bancorp has a beta of 0.06, suggesting that its share price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primis Financial has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FSEA or FRST more profitable?

Primis Financial has a net margin of -2.97% compared to First Seacoast Bancorp's net margin of -35.93%. Primis Financial's return on equity of -2.05% beat First Seacoast Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Seacoast Bancorp	-35.93%	-13.41%	-1.49%
Primis Financial	-2.97%	-2.05%	-0.20%

Does the media prefer FSEA or FRST?

In the previous week, Primis Financial had 4 more articles in the media than First Seacoast Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Primis Financial and 0 mentions for First Seacoast Bancorp. Primis Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat First Seacoast Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Primis Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Seacoast Bancorp	Neutral
Primis Financial	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FSEA or FRST?

First Seacoast Bancorp received 1 more outperform votes than Primis Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 41.18% of users gave Primis Financial an outperform vote while only 38.10% of users gave First Seacoast Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Seacoast Bancorp	Outperform Votes 8 38.10%	Underperform Votes 13 61.90%
Primis Financial	Outperform Votes 7 41.18%	Underperform Votes 10 58.82%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, FSEA or FRST?

Primis Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First Seacoast Bancorp. First Seacoast Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Primis Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Seacoast Bancorp	$13.15M	3.92	-$10.66M	-$0.12	-90.92
Primis Financial	$147.43M	1.42	-$7.54M	-$0.30	-28.27

Do analysts recommend FSEA or FRST?

Primis Financial has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 65.09%. Given Primis Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Primis Financial is more favorable than First Seacoast Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Seacoast Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Primis Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FSEA or FRST?

38.4% of First Seacoast Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of Primis Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of First Seacoast Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Primis Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Primis Financial beats First Seacoast Bancorp on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.